About the Estonian Centre for Standardisation and Accreditation
The Estonian Centre for Standardisation and Accreditation (EVS) is a non-profit association that started operating on 1 April 2000 pursuant to the Technical Regulations and Standards Act🡭 (RT I 1999, 29, 358). Until then, standardisation was organised by the Standards Board. At the moment, the Estonian Centre for Standardisation and Accreditation operates pursuant to the
- Product Conformity Attestation Act🡭;
- appointing Estonia’s national accreditation institution and Estonian standardisation organisation Order No. 280 of the Government of the Republic, of 8 July 2010🡭;
- statutes of the non-profit association Estonian Centre for Standardisation and Accreditation | 66 KB | PDF
The state supports Estonian Centre for Standardisation and Accreditation by financing standardisation activities via the annual state budget grant agreement. You can find the agreement concluded for 2023 here: 2023 Budget Agreement | 473 KB | PDF. The state is represented by the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications in its relations with the Centre for Standardisation.
The founding members of the Estonian Centre for Standardisation:
- Estonian Chamber of Commerce and Industry🡭,
- Estonian Employers' Confederation🡭,
- Estonian Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications🡭 (represents the state).
Estonian Centre for Standardisation board members
Chairman:
- Mait Palts (Mait.Palts@koda.ee), Director General of Estonian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Management Board Members:
- Piia Zimmermann (piia@employers.ee), legal advisor at the Estonian Employers’ Confederation
- Ahti Kuningas (ahti.kuningas@mkm.ee), Secretary General of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications
The daily operations of the Centre for Standardisation and Accreditation are organised by its CEO Priit Kikas.